Abstract
"Since 1952 and Egypt's modern history as a fully-independent republic free of British occupation, the country has had a fluctuating relationship with the United States.
One of the first major encounter might be the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, when Israeli troops invaded the Sinai Peninsula and were backed by Britain and France. It should be reminded that the Suez Canal has been of high strategic relevance since its inception in the nineteenth century, as a shortcut between Europe and all the Eastern hemisphere, both in military and commercial terms, as well as a corridor for the flow of crude oil. "
